I like sweets and the KLF. I relax by listening to classic hip hop records from 1983 and watching Only Fools And Horses. On a bad day I may rate Toytown Techno as possibly the fourth greatest musical genre of all time. On other days I may listen to s[…]

I leave NYLPM in the hands of Robin, Josh, Fred, Greg, Ned, and Mike, who hopefully between them will be able to post at least something every day (pretty please…?!). Blue Lines will go into hibernation for a week, and I Hate Music remains in t[…]

DUEL! – The Final: this is it – Smashing Pumpkins vs Travis for the title of Worst Band In The World. A signed certificate of badness. designed by Al, will be delivered to the most convincing address we can find for the winner. Polls open[…]

The Magnetic Fields Bring the Pain Live: Stephin Merritt grumpy shocker.[…]

How Special were The Specials? Undoubtedly some of them along the line went to a special school, if you get my drift. Certainly the dramatic decline of Terry Hall’s career suggests that education was not what he was all about.
Ah but take us ba[…]

Magic Bullets: finally sorted out the letters page, which is now a blogger-powered DYNAMO and will let me print comments long or short with ease. But for today, a great rant from the mighty James Lucas, and coming up later this afternoon some comment[…]

I have a love-hate relationship with drugs in music. I – of course – am a clean living girl and would never take the things myself. Unless they were sleeping pills to avoid listening to the Velvet Underground. (I am not saying I would nee[…]

DUEL! – Semi Finals: it’s Travis against Moby for a place opposite Smashing Pumpkins in tomorrow’s final. My nails are bitten to the very quick.[…]

Support Indie Rock: we mean it, maaan. (link via Millie, to whom goes a big NYLPM shout-out for her mission to bring METAL UP YOUR ASS to the ‘twee’ masses. I coincidentally discover this link when halfway through a piece which discusses […]